Black And White Edition Of Visions Of America: A History Of The United States, Volume One

Paperback | December 26, 2013

Praised by instructors and students alike, the first edition of Visions of America has brought history to life for a generation of visual learners—and has shown how competing visions of America have shaped our nation’s past.

We’ve made the second edition of this program even better by adding engaging new features and even easier access to new teaching resources. And, thorough integration with the new MyHistoryLab enables instructors to personalize learning for each student.

A better teaching and learning experienceThis program will provide a better teaching and learning experience—for you and your students. Here’s how:

Personalize Learning – The new MyHistoryLab delivers proven results in helping students succeed, provides engaging experiences that personalize learning, and comes from a trusted partner with educational expertise and a deep commitment to helping students and instructors achieve their goals.

Improve Critical Thinking – Chapter openers and end-of-chapter study materials that are tied to MyHistoryLab combine visual sources, narrative, and questions to help students study effectively.

Engage Students – Features focusing on visions that have shaped America and images are integrated with the new MyHistoryLab for a comprehensive learning program.

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See history. Understand history. Praised by instructors and students alike, the first edition of Visions of America has brought history to life for a generation of visual learners—and has shown how competing visions of America have shaped our nation’s past. We’ve made the second edition of this program even better by a...

Jennifer D. Keene is a Professor of History and chair of the History Department at Chapman University in Orange, California. Dr. Keene has published three books on the American involvement in the First World War: Doughboys, the Great War and the Remaking of America (2001); The United States and the First World War (2000); and World War...

George Catlin and Mah-To-Toh-Pa: Representing Indians for an American Audience

American Expansionism into the Southwest

The Mexican War and Its Consequences

Choices and Consequences

Henry David Thoreau and Civil Disobedience

The Wilmot Proviso and the Realignment of American Politics

Competing Visions

Slavery and the Election of 1848

Chapter Review

Chapter 12: Slavery and Sectionalism:The Political Crisis of 1848—1861

The Slavery Question in the Territories

Choices and Consequences

Resisting the Fugitive Slave Act

Political Realignment

Images as History

The “Foreign Menace”

Two Societies

Envisioning Evidence

The Rise of King Cotton

A House Divided

Competing Visions

Secession or Union?

Chapter Review

Chapter 13: A Nation Torn Apart:The Civil War, 1861—1865

Mobilization, Strategy, and Diplomacy

The Early Campaigns, 1861—1863

Images as History

Who Freed the Slaves?

Behind the Lines

Competing Visions

Civil Liberties in a Civil War

Toward Union Victory

Choices and Consequences

Equal Peril, Unequal Pay

Envisioning Evidence

Human Resources in the Armies of the Civil War

Chapter Review

Chapter 14: Now That We Are Free:Reconstruction and the New South, 1863—1890

Preparing for Reconstruction

The Fruits of Freedom

The Struggle to Define Reconstruction

Competing Visions

Demanding Rights, Protecting Privilege

Implementing Reconstruction

Reconstruction Abandoned

Images as History

Political Cartoons Reflect the Shift in Public Opinion

The New South

Choices and Consequences

Sanctioning Separation

Chapter Review

Appendix

Glossary

Credits

Index

Maps

Editorial Reviews

"The visual element of this text is great. Students are media consumers; this content allow those well formed habits to be used for learning. The visuals on the page are extremely engaging and grab the reader's attention." - Julian Chambliss "The greatest strength of Visions of America is the 'read-ability' and the relaxed narrative form of writing. The writing style helps keep students engaged in the chapter and keeps them from losing interest. The pictures, illustrations and maps help make the material more reader friendly as it engages other aspects of learning comprehesion." - Robert Brennan